A Winner Will be Crowned in the Season XVIII WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open $3,500 Main Event

Only seven players out of a stunning field of 1,573 entries remain in the Season XVIII WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open $3,500 Main Event. They will return to their seats at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida, with their eyes firmly set on the title and top prize of $809,515 that comes along with it. Included in the winner’s prize is the $15,000 entry to the 2021 WPT Baccarat Crystal Tournament of Champions.

All remaining contenders have $115,630 locked up so far but each pay jump will be significant when the action resumes at noon local time. After a surge in the final level of the previous night, Francis Margaglione leads the line-up for the final day with a stack of 12,875,000. He is the only finalist with more than 100 big blinds at his disposal for now.

Second in chips is Ilyas Muradi with 11,425,000 followed by WPT Champion’s Club member Andy Hwang with 10,600,000. In the middle of the pack are Jesse Lonis (9,150,000) and Ronnie Bardah (8,675,000), with the latter in for a bargain as he won the seat in a $400 satellite.

Tsz Shing (5,250,000) and Robel Andemichael (3,350,000) are the bottom two stacks but far from being at immediate risk with 42 and 27 big blinds respectively. The blinds will resume in level 30 with blinds of 75,000-125,000 and a big blind ante of 125,000.

Seat Assignments for the Final Day

Seat 1: Robel Andemichael – 3,350,000 (27 bb)
Seat 2: Tsz Shing – 5,250,000 (42 bb)
Seat 3: Ronnie Bardah – 8,675,000 (69 bb)
Seat 4: Ilyas Muradi – 11,425,000 (91 bb)
Seat 5: Jesse Lonis – 9,150,000 (73 bb)
Seat 6: Francis Margaglione – 12,875,000 (103 bb)
Seat 7: Andy Hwang – 10,600,000 (85 bb)

All levels will revert back to a duration of 60 minutes each until a winner has been crowned. The WPT.com live updates team will provide all the key hands until the final river card. Stay tuned to find out if a new WPT Champion will be crowned today or if Hwang will emerge victoriously once more.

Remaining Payouts

1st: $809,515 (includes a $15,000 entry to the 2021 WPT Baccarat Crystal TOC)
2nd: $529,690
3rd: $392,430
4th: $293,510
5th: $223,895
6th: $168,990
7th: $115,630

Photography by Joe Giron / PokerPhotoArchive

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